Definition of Tanka. Meaning of Tanka. Synonyms of Tanka

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Definition of Tanka

Tanka
Tanka Tan"ka, n. (Naut.) A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and is often rowed by women. Called also tankia. --S. W. Williams.

Meaning of Tanka from wikipedia

- Tanka (短歌, "short poem") is a genre of classical ****anese poetry and one of the major genres of ****anese literature. Originally, in the time of the influential...
- The Tankas or boat people are a sinicised ethnic group in Southern China who traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian...
- Tanka Tanka can mean: Tanka Tanka (La Paz), a mountain in La Paz Department, Bolivia Tanka Tanka (Oruro), a mountain in Oruro Department, Bolivia Tanqa...
- Wayna Tanka Tanka (possibly from Quechua wayna young, Aymara tanka hat and biretta of priests, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex...
- Machu Tanka Tanka (possibly from Quechua machu old, Aymara tanka hat and biretta of priests, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex...
- Tanka Tanka (Aymara tanka hat or biretta, the reduplication indicates that there is a group of something, "many hats (or birettas)", also spelled Tankha...
- Look up tanka or tänka in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tanka is a form of ****anese poetry. Tanka may also refer to: Tanka people, an ethnic group...
- In Lakota spirituality, Wakan Tanka (Standard Lakota Orthography: Wakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka) is the term for the sacred or the divine. This is usually translated...
- of tanka in English begins at the end of the nineteenth century in England and the United States. Translations into English of classic ****anese tanka (traditionally...
- Fuzhou Tanka (Fuzhou dialect: 曲蹄; Foochow Romanized: Kuóh-dà̤ Kuóh-dà̤; Simplified Chinese: 福州疍民 Hók-ciŭ Dáng-mìng; 江妹仔 Gĕ̤ng-muói-giāng; 曲蹄婆 Kuóh-dà̤-bò̤)...